On Monday, Tempo Semanal newspaper leaked the proposed cabinet of the new coalition government in East Timor, which included Maria Domingas Alves (known as Mikato) as Minister of Defense and Security, the highest civilian position presiding over the armed forces.
The End Violence Against Women & Girls (EVAW/G) Alliance August 6 put forth a charter of demand (COD) to the Pakistani government to protect, promote and sustain the rights of women and girls, with particular focus on woman NGO workers and women’s rights activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and th
The Cabinet reshuffle last week saw more female appointment holders take on greater responsibilities.
Papua New Guinea has three female MPs after Julie Soso won the Eastern Highlands Regional seat in the general election.
Ms Soso becomes PNG’s first woman MP from the Highlands Region and the second ever female governor.
North Malaita constituency has a new Member of Parliament (MP) who was unofficially declared last night.
She is Vika Lusibaea, the wife of former MP Jimmy Lusibaea.
The Ministry of Women is currently having consultations with government ministries in coordinating information gathering for the preparation of Fiji's 2nd Follow up State CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women)
A reshuffle of provincial-level leadership nationwide, which has seen more women leaders elected, has been concluded with Guo Jinlong elected as the Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the first plenary meeting of the 11th CPC Beijing Munici
In Pakistan, where instability, distrust, violence and political rivalries can impede interaction among political parties, women and young people — the majority of the population — often have difficulty making their voices heard.